Stabilizing solution containing loosely-combined oxygen



Patented Nov. 3,1925.

UNITED STATES;

' PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR WINTSCH, JR., OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO R. H. COMEYCOM- BANE, F CAMDEN, NEW- JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

STILIZING SOLUTION CONTAINING .LOOSELYGOMBINED OXYG.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, VIo'roR WINTSCH, Jr.,

a citizen of the Swiss Confederation, residing at Bachtoldstrasse '2',Zurich, Switzerland, have invented new and useful Improvements inStabilizing Solutlons Containing Loosely-Combined Oxygen,of which thefollowing is a specification.

Many stabilizers for retarding the liberation of oxygen in solutioncontaining loosely combined oxygen are known.

It is a well known fact that solutions of peroxide of hydrogen andsodium perborate, and solutions of all such compounds containing activeoxygen readily liberate their oxygen and especially so'in connectionwith bleaching, for instance the bleaching of vegetable fibers. Thisproperty results in the uneconomical use of such compounds, especiallyso, for instance when they are to be used for the purpose of obtainingvery white results. Inorder that the economic use of such compounds maybe obtained, various stabilizershave from time to time been invented: bymeans of the present invention a superior degree of efficiency in theeconomic exploitation of the oxygen can be effected.

For example, at high temperatures such a bleaching bath containingactive oxygen being maintained at 75 degrees Celsius, lost its oxygen ina few hours whereas a solution of a bleaching bath-containing activeoxygen and 1% of sodium pyrophosphate salicylate only lost approximatelya tenth of the oxygen in twenty-four hours. i

This invention is also applicable for .conserving the oxygen in anysolution containing loosely combined oxygen regardless. of whether it is.for bleaching bath or not: for

' Application filed June 25, 1924. Serial No. 72%,415.

instance the conserving of oxygen in any solution contaming looselycombined or active oxygen, for storing. Although sodium pyrophosphatehas been mentioned as an example potassium or similar pyrophosphates maybe used.

In my co-pending application, Serial No.

722,416, filed on even date herewith and entitled Stabilizer ofsolutions containing loosely combined oxygen and process ofmanufacturing the same, I have described and claimed pyrophosphatesalicylates and the manufacture thereof.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new 1. The stabilizationof solutions contaiii- 1ng loosely combined oxygen with alkali metalpyrophosphate salicylate.

2. The stabilization of solutions containing loosely combined oxygenwith sodium pyrophosphate salicylate.

3. A preparation for slowly liberating oxygen comprising materialcontaining loosely combined oxygen and an alkali metal pyrophosphatesalicylate.

4. A preparation for slowly liberating oxygen comprising materialcontaining loosely combined oxygen and sodium pyrophosphate salicylate.

5. The stabilization of solutions containing loosely combined oxygenwith a soluble pyrophosphate salicylate.

6. A preparation for slowly liberating oxygen comprising materialcontaining loosely combined oxygen and a soluble pyrophosphatesalicylate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

VICTOR WINTSCH, J

